Supreme Court of Virginia November 27, 1972, Record 7974 (Jones v. Commonwealth)

Harrison, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Phillip Jones, was proceeded against in the court below as a recidivist, having been four times convicted of felonies and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary. The lower court adjudged that the defendant serve an additional 15 years in the penitentiary, with 7 years of that term suspended.